The Best Jim Parsons Movies, Ranked
16 credits from 2007 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Boys in the Band (2020) comes out on top with a score of 79. The biggest box office hit is Home (2015) with $386M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Jim Parsons Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Jim Parsons is credited on. The Boys in the Band (2020) leads with 79, followed by Spoiler Alert (2022) at 76. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 The Boys in the Band 2020 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Spoiler Alert 2022 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 · Biography -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 A Kid Like Jake 2018 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 6 Animal Farm 2026 · Animation
Biggest Jim Parsons Box Office Hits
Jim Parsons's films have made $405M worldwide in total. Home (2015) is the biggest hit at $386M, ahead of Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) ($9.82M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Home 2015 · Adventure $386M $177M dom. - 2 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 · Biography $9.82M
- 3 Animal Farm 2026 · Animation $6.55M $5.59M dom.
- 4 Spoiler Alert 2022 · Drama $1.43M $1.38M dom.
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Visions 2015 · Horror $1.01M - 6
Gardener of Eden 2007 · Drama $225K - 7 A Kid Like Jake 2018 · Drama $60.8K $58.4K dom.
The Best Jim Parsons Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jim Parsons has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 7 films, and The Boys in the Band (2020) is the pick of them.
- Drama 7 films The Boys in the Band 2020 · as Michael Movie Echo Score: 79
- Animation 3 films Animal Farm 2026 · as Carl, Sheep Movie Echo Score: 6
- Biography 1 film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 Movie Echo Score: 64
- Horror 1 film Visions 2015 · as Dr. Mathison
- Adventure 1 film Home 2015
The Best Jim Parsons Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jim Parsons's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Jim Parsons Movies
The most recent films Jim Parsons is credited on, newest first — starting with Animal Farm (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Animal Farm 2026 · Carl, Sheep
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Animal Farm 2025 · Carl (voice) - Spoiler Alert 2022 · Michael Ausiello
- The Boys in the Band 2020 · Michael
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 2019 · Biography
- A Kid Like Jake 2018 · Greg Wheeler
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Michael Jackson’s Halloween 2017 · Hay Man (voice) - Visions 2015 · Dr. Mathison
- Home 2015 · Adventure
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Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas 2014 · Buddy (voice) -
The Normal Heart 2014 · Tommy Boatwright - Gardener of Eden 2007 · Spim
The Best Jim Parsons Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jim Parsons films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jim Parsons movie?
The Boys in the Band (2020) is the best-rated Jim Parsons film, with a Movie Echo Score of 79, ahead of Spoiler Alert (2022) (76) and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) (64). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Boys in the Band: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Jim Parsons movie?
Home (2015) made the most at the box office, with $386M worldwide, followed by Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) with $9.82M. Together, Jim Parsons's films with box office figures have made $405M.
What is the best Jim Parsons drama movie?
The Boys in the Band (2020) is the best-rated of Jim Parsons's drama films, with a score of 79. In other genres: Animal Farm (animation), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (biography) and Visions (horror).
What is the newest Jim Parsons movie?
The newest film on Jim Parsons's filmography is Animal Farm (2026), with Jim Parsons as Carl, Sheep.
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